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from the BBC programme Front Row, 30 April 2013. [1] Meera Syal CBE FRSL (born Feroza Syal; 27 June 1961) is an English comedian, writer, playwright, singer, journalist and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and by portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42.
The show stars a fictional British Indian family, including Madhuri and Ashwin Kumar (played by Indira Joshi and Vincent Ebrahim), their adult son Sanjeev (played by Sanjeev Bhaskar), and Sushila, Sanjeev's grandmother, normally referred to as Ummi (played by Meera Syal, later Bhaskar's real-life wife).
In January 2005 Bhaskar married comedian Meera Syal in Lichfield, Staffordshire. [17] [18] They have a son, Shaan, who was born at the Portland Hospital on 2 December 2005. In February 2009 Bhaskar and other entertainers wrote an open letter to The Times protesting against the trial of leaders of the Baháʼí Faith then being held in Iran. [19]
HONOR Actor and screenwriter Meera Syal has been honored with a BAFTA Fellowship. The U.K. top film and TV org describes its fellowships as “the highest accolade bestowed by BAFTA upon an ...
25 August 2015. (2015-08-25) Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four British Indian actors, Sanjeev Bhaskar, Kulvinder Ghir, Meera Syal and Nina Wadia. The show explored British Asian culture, and the conflict and ...
1565845293 (US) / ISBN 9781565845299 (UK) Anita and Me is Meera Syal 's debut novel, and was first published in 1996. It is a semi- autobiographical novel, based on Syal's childhood in the mining village of Essington, Staffordshire, which won the Betty Trask Award. The story revolves around Meena, a British Indian girl (the "me" of the title ...
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Sırrı Yırcalı Anatolian High School (Turkish: Sırrı Yırcalı Anadolu Lisesi), in Balıkesir, Turkey, was founded in 1984 with the name of Balıkesir Anadolu Lisesi. In 1987, SYAL moved to its new building constructed with the help of the well known businessman Sırrı Yırcalı .